Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the international body charged with managing the standard file formats and protocols that make the web work, has formed a group to look into connecting people with mobile phones. The Mobile Web for Social Development interest group (or MW4D, they really like acronyms) will ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
The ITU, or International Telecommunication Union, has produced another video about their efforts to connect a remote and impoverished area of Honduras. They sent out a technician to install a wireless telephone that locals can use to communicate. This kind of thing can make a big impact in communities, allowing ...
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Oxford professor and neuroscientist, Susan Greenfield, said children's brains are rotting from too much exposure to technology. In an interview for The Sunday Times Life & Style section about her life and work, Greenfield discusses her theory about the effect of video games and Internet Media exposure on the brain ...
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